This 20-track collection of jazz, blues, and soul songs that supposedly inspired husky-voiced, 21st century retro-pop star/tabloid nightmare
Amy Winehouse plays like a juke box in an old black-and-white movie. While choices like
Billie Holiday, ("I Must Have That Man!"),
Ella Fitzgerald ("Every Time We Say Goodbye"), and
Dinah Washington ("If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight") are obvious ones, the inclusion of the impossibly smooth
Chet Baker ("My Funny Valentine") and amiable jazz flute master
James Moody -- though solid cuts from unquestionable legends -- feels out of place when put into context with the ferocious
Winehouse.